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| {{Infobox Character General
| | '''Mei Ling''' is a character from the Metal Gear universe who assists Snake in [[Shadow Moses Island]] along with [[Roy Campbell]] and [[Otacon]]. |
| |name = Mei Ling
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| |image = [[File:Mei Ling.jpg|100px]]
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| |caption = [[File:MetalGearSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Official artwork of Mei Ling from ''Metal Gear Solid''.
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| |universe = {{uv|Metal Gear}}
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| |firstgame = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Metal Gear Solid|1998 video game}}'' (1998)
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| |games = ''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''
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| |lastappearance = ''{{iw|wikipedia|Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots}}'' (2008)
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| |console = PlayStation
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| |species = Human
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| |gender = Female
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| |homeworld = {{iw|wikipedia|United States}}
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| |creator = [[Hideo Kojima]]
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| |artist = {{iw|wikipedia|Yoji Shinkawa}}
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| |englishactor = {{iw|wikipedia|Kim Mai Guest}}
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| |japanactor = {{iw|wikipedia|Hōko Kuwashima}}
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| |interwiki = wikipedia
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| |interwikiname = Wikipedia
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| |interwikipage = List of characters in the Metal Gear series#Mei Ling
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| '''Mei Ling''' ({{ja|メイ・リン|Mei Rin}}, ''Mei Ling'') is a character from the third-party Konami stealth game series {{uv|Metal Gear}}.
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| ==Origin== | | ==Description== |
| Mei Ling is a recurring character in the {{uv|Metal Gear}} series. A child prodigy who had a passion for fighter jets, she enrolled in {{iw|wikipedia|MIT}} and majored in applied physics, aerial photography and air intelligence in the ROTC program. However, she withdrew from the program due to complications with her BDA and her poor vision failing an aptitude test. While still an undergraduate, she designed the soliton radar system and CODEC that Snake uses extensively in his mission. Mei Ling would eventually be enlisted as a data analyst for [[Solid Snake|Snake's]] radio support team. In ''Metal Gear Solid'', she gives Snake famous Chinese proverbs when he saves his game, such as "You must cross the river before telling the crocodile it has bad breath." Mei Ling also managed to discover that Master Miller was actually an impostor, but was too late to relay the information to Snake before he unintentionally activated [[Metal Gear REX]]. Along with [[Colonel Roy Campbell]], Mei Ling backed up and created a hard copy of all intel from the mission as protection for herself, Campbell and Snake in case they are falsely accused of treason.
| | She makes her first appearance on ''Metal Gear Solid'' and is of Chinese descent. In the game, whenever [[Solid Snake]] would save his game, she would usually give him a famous proverb. |
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| After the events on [[Shadow Moses Island]], Mei Ling transfered to the Soldier Systems Center as a researcher. Her function as the one who saves the game is taken over by [[Otacon]] in ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', but she does briefly cameo when Otacon mangles one of her proverbs. After losing her position as a researcher due to the events of ''Sons of Liberty'', something Snake correctly predicted would happen, Mei Ling transfered to the Navy. By the events of ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'', she is the captain of the USS ''Missouri'', a decommissioned navy battleship that had been turned into a museum and then re-instated as a training vessel. The ''Missouri'' engaged the battleship ''Outer Haven'' during the final conflict. After the mission, Mei Ling served as a bridesmaid to Meryl Silverburgh, who would marry Johnny Sasaki. Mei Ling witnessed Meryl and Roy Campbell, her biological father, reunite after being estranged for many years, and broke down in tears because of it. She was last seen attempting the bouquet toss, but lost to the pet monkey of Drebin 893, much to her annoyance.
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| ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''== | | ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''== |
| [[File:Mei ling lucario.png|thumb|left|250px|Mei Ling speaking to Snake about Lucario.]]
| | She communicates to [[Snake]] via codec and gives information about the fighters on the battlefield, most noticeably on [[Zero Suit Samus]]. |
| {{Main|Codec Conversations}}
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| Mei Ling appears in the [[Shadow Moses Island]] [[stage]] and communicates with Snake through his [[Smash Taunt]], which displays a codec message in which Snake speaks with [[Otacon]], Mei Ling or [[Roy Campbell]] about a [[character]] he is fighting during the match. He speaks with Mei Ling about {{SSBB|Peach}}, {{SSBB|Sheik}}, {{SSBB|Toon Link}}, {{SSBB|Zero Suit Samus}}, {{SSBB|Pikachu}}, {{SSBB|Lucario}}, {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}}, {{SSBB|Marth}}, {{SSBB|Lucas}}, {{SSBB|Olimar}}, and {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}.
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| ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | | ===Quotes=== |
| Mei Ling appears as a [[spirit]] in ''Ultimate'', depicted as she appeared in ''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''. She also appears in Shadow Moses Island as they reuse the old Codec Conversations used in ''Brawl''.
| | (''On Sheik'') |
| | :Snake: "What's going on here? What happened to Zelda?!" |
| | :Mei Ling: "Snake, Princess Zelda transformed into Sheik. I can understand the clothes, but to change her skin and eye color? That must take some powerful magic." |
| | :Snake: "...Magic...?" |
| | :Mei Ling: "Come on, Snake! Don't get all grumpy and start talking about how unscientific it is. Science is basically just another form of magic that makes our lives easier." |
| | :Snake: "I never thought I'd hear that coming from you, Mei Ling." |
| | :Mei Ling: "Don't you think talking to someone halfway around the world is a kind of magic? Or flying across entire continents?" |
| | :Snake: "No. I think this is completely different." |
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| ===Spirit===
| | (''On Zero Suit Samus'') |
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| | :Snake: "Mei Ling, Samus took her clothes off!" |
| ! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Cost !! Ability !! Series
| | :Mei Ling: "That's just her in her zero suit, Snake." |
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| | :Snake: "Without that bulky power suit, she's gotten a lot more agile. You know, I bet if I took of all this heavy gear, I could catch her... |
| | 755 || {{SpiritTableName|Mei Ling}} || {{SpiritType|Support}} || ★ || 1 || Energy-Shot Resist ↑ || ''Metal Gear Solid'' Series
| | :Mei Ling: "Um, yeah, you wish. Even without the Power Suit, all that training she did with the Chozo has made her a super athlete. I don't think a normal human could keep up. Just look at her." |
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| | :Snake: "...Her loss." |
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| ==Names in other languages==
| | (''On Meta Knight'') |
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| | :Snake: "Mei Ling, there's a mysterious masked man flying around here with a sword..." |
| |ja={{ja|メイ・リン|Mei Rin}}, ''Mei Ling''
| | :Mei Ling: "That's Meta Knight. He's a knight from Dream Land. They say his sword swings can break the sound barrier. Whatever you do, don't get caught in one of his furious barrage attacks. He also commands the Halberd, a flying battleship." |
| |en=Mei Ling
| | :Snake: "Mm, I've seen it. The bow looks like his mask. What kind of weirdo puts his face on the bow of a ship, anyway?" |
| |fr=Mei Ling
| | :Mei Ling: "Umm, maybe he's a little narcissistic. Kind of like someone else I know." |
| |es=Mei Ling
| | :Snake: "Really... And who would that be?" |
| |de=Mei Ling
| | :Mei Ling: "Use your imagination..." |
| |it=Mei Ling
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| |nl=Mei Ling
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| |ru={{rollover|Мэй Лин|Mey Lin|?}}
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| |ko={{rollover|메이 링|Mei Ring|?}}, ''Mei Ling''
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| |zh=Mei Ling
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| ==Trivia==
| | (''On Pikachu'') |
| *In the original ''Metal Gear Solid'', Mei Ling speaks with a heavy Chinese accent; this was dropped in its remake, ''The Twin Snakes'', a change that carries over into ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
| | :Mei Ling: "Ooh! How cuute!" |
| | :Snake: "What? The yellow thing?" |
| | :Mei Ling: "That's Pikachu. It's a Pokémon. They're popular all over the world, you know. And it may look cute, but be careful. It can store up large amounts of electricity in those adorable little cheeks. It'll try to pepper you with electric shocks." |
| | :Snake: "Couldn't be much worse than Ocelot's old torture device..." |
| | :Mei Ling: "Oh, and, Snake?" |
| | :Snake: "What?" |
| | :Mei Ling: "I was wondering, could you maybe try and catch Pikachu for me? Pleeeeease?" |
| | :Snake: "Give me a break! What do I look like, a Pokémon Trainer?" |
| | :Mei Ling: "Fine... Sorry I asked." |
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| ==External links==
| | (''On Marth'') |
| *Article on the [https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Mei_Ling Metal Gear Wiki].
| | :Mei Ling: "Snake, have you heard the saying "Politics makes strange bedfellows"?" |
| | :Snake: "Don't tell me that's a Chinese proverb." |
| | :Mei Ling: "Err, no... It means that when the going gets tough, you might need unexpected partnerships in order to succeed. Marth was a prince whose kingdom was usurped. He didn't even have an army to fight with him. But as he battled his way forward, he found new allies to fight at his side, and in the end, he was able to reunite the war-torn land of Altea." |
| | :Snake: "So he built his army from the ranks of his defeated enemies..." |
| | :Mei Ling: "Marth did his share of fighting too. Even when he had an army, he was always alongside his men in the thick of battle. Then he was betrayed by one of his most trusted friends. I can't even imagine how that feels..." |
| | :Snake: "...I can." |
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